2017S0442-1 03/09/17     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1734     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to full-time online programs provided through the state   virtual school network.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 26.0031(c-1), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c-1)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school   may decline to pay the cost for a student of more than three   yearlong electronic courses, or the equivalent, during any school   year. This subsection does not:                (1)  limit the ability of the student to enroll in   additional electronic courses at the student's cost; or                (2)  apply to a student enrolled in a full-time online   program that:                      (A)  was operating on January 1, 2013; or                      (B)  is operated by a school district for the   benefit of students eligible to attend a school in the school   district under Section 25.001 or by an open-enrollment charter   school for the benefit of students eligible for admission to the   campus or program under Subchapter D, Chapter 12.          SECTION 2.  Section 30A.153(a-1), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a), a school district or   open-enrollment charter school is limited to the funding described   by that subsection for a student's enrollment in not more than three   electronic courses during any school year, unless the student is   enrolled in a full-time online program that:                (1)  was operating on January 1, 2013; or                (2)  is operated by a school district for the benefit of   students eligible to attend a school in the school district under   Section 25.001 or by an open-enrollment charter school for the   benefit of students eligible for admission to the campus or program   under Subchapter D, Chapter 12.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.